<img width="578" height="295" src="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?fit=578%2C295&strip=all" alt="RP1 demos thousands of players in one shard." loading="lazy" srcset="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=1200&strip=all 1200w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=300&strip=all 300w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=768&strip=all 768w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=800&strip=all 800w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=100&strip=all 100w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=400&strip=all 400w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=750&strip=all 750w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=578&strip=all 578w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rp1.jpg?w=930&strip=all 930w" sizes="(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px">RP1 is a metaverse startup that has simulated putting 5,000 people together in a single metaverse plaza, or shard.<a href="https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/15/the-deanbeat-rp1-simulates-putting-4000-people-together-in-a-single-metaverse-plaza/" target="_blank">Read More</a>